This newsletter issue emphasizes the ways in which adolescence and its associated stages provide windows of opportunity for programmatic intervention and prevention strategies. Articles in the newsletter include the following: (1) "Developing Support Programs for Families with Adolescents"; (2) "Communicating with Your Children"; (3) "Teenage America: Myths and Realities"; (4) "The Latency Years: Building Bridges to Adolescence"; (5) "Family Involvement in Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Programs"; (6) Children and Television: Natural Partners"; and (7) A Preventive Mental Health Approach to Adolescents and Their Families. In addition, the newsletter issue features a resource file of national organizations, program examples, and publications dealing with families and adolescents, and reviews of films and videos on critical issues of adolescence. (HTH)